Programme

16th May 2012

Opening session

15.00-15.20
Prof. Marek Pietraś, International Relations Department, Faculty of Political Science, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
New Technologies as a Factor of International Relations – inaugural speech
15.20-15.40
Mr Kazimierz Murzyn, Managing Director of LifeScience Klaster, Krakow, Poland
Driving Forces of the Innovation Ecosystem - Systemic Reflections about The Future
15.40-16.00
Prof. Lech Zacher, Koźmiński University, Warsaw, Poland
Technology and a New International Distribution of Power
16.00-16.20
Prof. Robert Bolla, Bradley University, USA
Academic Research in the U.S.: IP Protection and Technology Transfer
16.20-16.40 Prof. Tomasz Twardowski, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Genetically Modified Organisms – Innovative Technology in International Relations
16.40-17.10
Discussion
17.10-17.30
Coffee break

Panel I
New Technologies, New Reality, New Paradigms of International Relations?

17.30-17.45
Mr Ariel Kabiri, University of Haifa, Israel
Technological Environments in the International System
17.45-18.00
Dr Katarzyna Mojska, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
New Technologies as a Factor of the “Spatial Turn” in International Relations
18.00-18.15
Mr Adrian Szumowski, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Impact of New Technologies on Power in International Relations
18.15-18.30
Dr Dragana Novakovic, Megatrend University, Belgrade, Serbia
Soft Power and the Impact of IT Revolution on the Balance of Power in Contemporary International Relations
18.30-19.00
Discussion
19.30
Ceremonial dinner

17th May 2012

Panel II
New Technologies as a Factor of Diplomacy

9.00-9.15
Dr Beata Surmacz, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
New Technologies in Diplomacy
9.15-9.30
Dr Justyna Arendarska, University of Wrocław, Poland
New Media and Diplomacy. Foreign Ministries in the Perspective of Information Revolution
9.30-9.45
Dr Agata Ziętek, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
New Public Diplomacy as the Consequence of Information Age – Poland’s Case
9.45-10.00
Dr Małgorzata Kwiatkowska, Poland
E-voting – Leading us towards Democratic Global Governance?
10.00–10.30
Discussion
10.30-10.50
Coffee Break

Panel III
Net Technologies as a Factor of International Security

10.50-11.05
Dr Konrad Pawłowski, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Political and Military Consequences of the Revolution in Military Affairs
11.05-11.20
Ms Magdalena Michno, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Cyberspace - a new "Battlefield", Weapon or just a Tool?
11.20-11.45
Ms Rafaela Steffen Gonçalves da Rosa, Ms Tatiana de A. F. R. Cardoso, Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis, Porto Allegre, Brasilia
Development in the Global Legal Acknowledgment of Cybercrimes and Cyberterrorism: Uncertainties of a Modern and Risky Society
11.45-12.00
Dr Anna Moraczewska, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Impenetrable Borders. An Advanced Surveillance Systems at Border Points
12.00-12.15
Mr Dariusz Nowosad, Lieutenant of Polish Border Guard, Section Leader in Presidential Department of Nadbużański Border Guard Unit, Poland
Technological Aspects of Border Protection
12.15-12.30
Dr Michał Łuszczuk, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
New Technologies in the Arctic region: source of threats or tools for challenges?
12.30-13.00
Discussion
13.00-14.00
Lunch

Panel IV
New Technologies and the Social Dimension of International Relations

14.00-14.15
Dr Monika Szkarłat, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
The Contribution of Genetically Modified Food to the Realization of the Right to Adequate Food
14.15-14.30
Mr Sergiy Gerasymchuk, Strategic and Security Studies Group
New Technologies as the Tools for Sharing Knowledge within Global Civil Society: the Example of Think tank Networking
14.30-14.45
Dr Jakub Nowak, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
On Anti-ACTA: Soft (Media) Power, Pleasures of Symbolic Protest and the Invisible Agency
14.45-15.00
Ms Viktoria Boyko, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Information Autarkeia and Freedom of Speech: Case of Ukraine
15.00-15.15
Ms Vanessa Leon, Florida International University, USA
Strengthening of National Ethos in a Connected World
15.15-15.45
Discussion
15.45-16.00
Coffee break

Panel V
Energy Technologies as a Factor of International Relations

16.00-16.15
Dr Beata Piskorska, The John Paul II Catholic University, Lublin, Poland
The European Union as a Leader in New technologies for Energy security and Climate Change
16.15-16.30
Dr Justyna Misiągiewicz, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Oil an Gas Pipeline Infrastructure and its Significance for the International Relations in Eastern Europe
16.30-16.45
Mr Oleksandr Tretyak, Lead Engineer, Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant, Production and Technical Service, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
International Cooperation as Necessity of Nuclear Power Industry Development
16.45-17.10
Dr Bartosz Bojarczyk, Dr Jakub Olchowski, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Prospects of Nuclear Energy in the Context of Poland's Energy Security
17.10-17.40
Discussion
18.30
Lawn dinner

18th May 2012

Special Student Panel

Closing session

11.30
New Technologies as a Factor of International Relations - What is new? What is not? Comments and conclusions.